Rack for holding brushes.



- H. T. GETTINS.

RACK FOR HOLDING BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.27, 1911.

1,057,541 1 Patented Apr. 1,1913.

L'DLUMBIA PLANDGRAPII 00., WASHINGTON. D, Q

UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

HARRY T. GETTINS, 0F CLEVELAND, @1110.

BACK FOR HOLDING BRUSHES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY T. Gn'rrINs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks for Holding Brushes; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in racks and particularly toa rack designed for holding and protecting tooth brushes and the like.

One object of this invention is to provide a rack of this character which while concealing the greater portion of the brush will at the same time permit the free access of air thereto allowing the brush to dry out while not in use.

A further object of my invent-ion is to provide a rack of this character having such an arrangement of parts as will allow the members to be taken apart so that they can be readily cleaned and kept in a sanitary condition.

A still further object of my invention is to provide in a rack of the character described such an arrangement of parts as will allow a brush to be readily placed in or removed from the rack without crushing the bristles of the brush or rubbing them over the surface of the rack.

My invention therefore consists in the features of constructionand the combination of parts described in the specification, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in their preferred form in the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a rack embodying my invention designed to hold three brushes, the brush holding members of the rack being shown in their normal or up position. Fig. 2 is a section on line 22, Fig. 1 showing in dotted lines a brush holding member swung down to permit the ready insertion or removal of a brush, the brush being also indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the brush holding members detached.

Again referring to the drawings 1 represents a wall plate which is preferably made of sheet metal and along its top and side Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27, 1911.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Serial No. 623,588.

edges said wall plate is provided wit-h a rearwardly extending flange 2, which is adapted to lie against the wall so that the wall plate itself is held out from the wall, thereby permitting a circulation of air be tween the plate and the wall. Along the lower edge of said wall plate is preferably formed a small gutter 4. At the upper end of said wall plate are formed keyhole shaped openings 5 by means of which said plate can be readily placed on or removed from supporting tacks or the like secured in a wall or other support.

The brush holding members or receptacles are indicated at 6 and there may be any number of these receptacles, three being shown in tl'lGCOIlStI'UCtlOn illustrated in the drawings. These receptacles 6 are trough shaped and the longitudinal edges thereof are adapted to lie close against the wall plate 1 when said receptacles are in their normal or up position, in which position the wall plate forms the rear sides or backs of the receptacles. Each receptacle is pivotally and removably supported near its lower end from the wall plate by means of a hinge joint, the members of the hinge joint being held together by the resiliency of the side members of the receptacle. This joint is formed by cutting and forcing out portions of the material of the wall plate 1 to form a pair of small cars or hinge members 8 which are provided with sockets 9 and by forcing out portions of the material of the receptacle at each side near the lower end thereof to form protuberances or hinge members 10 which are adapted to fit into the sockets 9 in the ears or hinge members 8. It will therefore be seen that the receptacle can be swung upwardly against the wall plate or can be swung downwardly away from the wall plate while the lower end of the receptacle remains connected to the wall plate. Now if it is desired to remove the receptacle from the wall plate for the purpose of cleaning the receptacle or the surface of the wall plate it is only necessary to pinch or slightly press together the sides of the receptacle which will disengage the protuberances 10 from the sockets '9 of the ears 8 and the receptacle can be lifted freely away from the wall plate and when the cleaning operation is finished the receptacle can be replaced on the wall plate.

In order to hold each receptacle in a vertical position when swung up against the wall plate I provide a catch which is arranged as follows: The material of the plate is cut and forced up at each side of each receptacle to form a catch member 13 which is provided with a socket 14: and at each side of each receptacle is formed a small projection 15 the said projections being adapted to extend into the sockets 1% on the catch'members 13. It will be seen that the arrangement of the catches is on the whole similar to the arrangement of the hinge joints except that the projections 15 at the upper ends of the receptacles are not as prominent as the protuberances on the lower ends of the receptacles, in order that the said projections can be more readily withdrawn from the catch members than the protuberances can be from the hinge members. At the lower end of each receptacle are formed a number of prongs 16 on which the lower end of a brush rests when the receptacle is,

in its up position but said prongs do not prevent the circulation of air through said receptacle.

The operation of my rack will be readily understood. "When it is desired to take a brush out of one of the receptacles the upper end of the receptacle is engaged by the tip of the forefinger and a slight pull will disengage the catch and the receptacle will then swing down to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The brush can then be lifted out freely without dragging the bristles over the surface of any portion of the rack. After the brush has been used it can be readily placed in the receptacle and the receptacle swung up into engagement with the catch forming members on the wall plate. WVhile in the receptacle all the brush will be concealed except the end of the handle but at the same time the bristles thereof will be exposed to the drying action of the air as the air has free access to the interior of the receptacle at the upper and lower ends thereof. Now when it is desired to clean the receptacle it is only necessary to grasp the receptacle between the thumb and forefinger and slightly press or pinch the sides thereof together which will disengage the upper end of the receptacle from the catch members on the plate and the lower end from the hinge members on the plate so that the receptacle can be entirely removed from the Wall plate, as shown in Fig. 5. When the receptacle has been thus removed from the wall plate it is possible to thoroughly cleanse the interior of the receptacle and the surface of the wall plate.

What I claim is 1. device of the character described comprising a wall plate adapted to be se- Gop'ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

cured to a wall or like support and a trough shaped receptacle having resilient side members arranged on the face of said wall plate with the open side of said receptacle toward said wall plate, said receptacle and said wall plate having means adapted to coact with each other and be held in frictional engagement with each other by the resiliency of said sides of said receptacle.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a wall plate provided on its face with supporting members and a trough shaped receptacle arranged on the face of the plate so that said plate closes the open side of said receptacle said receptacle having resilient side members adapted to frictionally engage said supporting members so as to detachably secure said receptacle to said wall plate.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a wall plate, a pair of spaced ears arranged near the lower end of said wall plate said ears being provided with sockets, a trough shaped receptacle having protuberances on the sides thereof adapted to fit into the sockets in said ears and be held therein by the resiliency of the sides of said receptacle and a catch arranged on said wall plate and adapted to yieldingly engage said receptacle and hold said receptacle against said wall plate.

1. A device of the character described, comprising a wall plate, a pair of hinge forming members arranged near the lower end of said plate, a pair of catch forming members arranged near the upper end of said plate and a trough shaped receptacle formed of resilient material and provided at each side at its upper and lower ends with pro-tuberances adapted to be engaged by the said hinge members and the said catch members 011 said wall plate.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a Wall plate having a pair of spaced ears struck up from the material thereof and provided with sockets and a pair of catch forming members struck up from the material of said plate and provided with sockets and a trough shaped receptacle provided at its lower end with inwardly extending prongs and on its sides with protuber- *ances adapted to fit into the sockets in the,

said ears and in the said catch members, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

,HARRY T. GETTINS. Witnesses: .A. W. Massey,

S. W. SrERo. 

